Two functions.
One operator.
Howdy — I’m Ashley Cook. For 15+ years I’ve run executive operations and event logistics for mission-driven leaders. Most organizations hire those as two different people. You don’t have to.
The Six-Figure Executive Assistant
TUESDAY, NOV 3 · 7 PM EST · LIVE ON ZOOM
The blueprint to start earning your worth, whether you’re building your own business or growing as a W2 employee.
- What actually changes when you move from admin to executive assistant
- The titles and roles that pay six figures
- How to document your value and negotiate your salary
- How to price yourself as a contract or consultant EA
Your Zoom link and a calendar invite will arrive by email after you register.
Do you need executive support,
or do you need logistics?
Executive Support
The daily operational engine behind a leader: I protect your time, run your governance, and build the systems your team actually follows. Full-time embedded or fractional.
- Executive assistanceComplex calendar & inbox management, meeting prep, and trusted partnership under high-visibility, high-pressure demands.
- Chief of Staff & operationsExecutive cadence, decision-making frameworks, and operating rhythms that turn priorities into workflows.
- Board administrationEnd-to-end board meetings, compliant minutes, resolutions with legal counsel, DocuSign, and audit-ready records.
- Systems & workflow designSOPs and custom builds in Asana, Monday, Notion, Airtable & Google Workspace — with AI as a quiet co-pilot.
15+ years · 10+ CEOs · civic engagement, survivor advocacy, child protection & healthcare ★
Executive support: your first six months, on the agenda.
Embedded and fractional executive support engagements run on a run of show — the same way I plan events. No mystery, no drift.
Learn, listen, stabilize
Understand your culture, priorities, and systems. Early wins in motion, roadmap set.
Organize, streamline
Meetings streamlined, calendars refined, SOPs built. Operations feel predictable.
Lead, execute
Full ownership of operations, governance, and events. Barriers resolved before they surface.
Deepen & strengthen
Systems mature, collaboration strengthens. The day-to-day feels noticeably lighter.
Optimize & expand
Bottlenecks out, capacity up — better templates, processes, and communication systems.
Transform & sustain
Fully operational, sustainable systems and a steady rhythm that lets teams thrive.
Logistics
High-stakes convenings planned end-to-end — from executive leadership summits and board retreats to national conferences and community programs. Vision, translated into logistics that run smoothly, inclusively, and with purpose.
- Event planningSummits, retreats, and offsites: agendas, venues, travel, materials, run-of-show, and on-site support.
- Training & conference coordinationProgram logistics, speaker engagement, and registration flow for national conferences and training events.
- Advocacy & community eventsStatewide summits, fundraising walks, and community programs with stakeholder coordination across funders, partners, and coalitions.
The EA skill set travels.
The same skills that made me a trusted partner to CEOs and boards now power my consulting work. Calendars became cohort schedules. Board prep became summit planning. Gatekeeping became strategy. Here’s where those skills have gone.
Nashville Business Incubation Center
Fractional Chief of Staff
Led board prep and governance, managed the administrative team, introduced Monday and Asana with new SOPs, and served as the bridge between staff, senior leaders, and the CEO.
same governance playbook, new seat ★
Perinatal Healthcare Initiative
Executive Support & Operations Strategist
Designed and led a four-week program to onboard and upskill the executive assistant supporting the CEO, building the systems, standards, and operating rhythm for the role.
teaching the job I know best ★
Voter Registration Project
Training Event & Travel Coordinator
Coordinated seven multi-day trainings in Mississippi, Detroit, Atlanta, Arizona, Las Vegas, and Philadelphia for cohorts of 30 to 185: venues, contracts, room blocks, AV, and every participant flight. Now planning a 48-person all-staff retreat and the 200-person VR Summit 2027.
on budget in every city ★
Mothering Justice
Strategy & Expansion Consultant
Wrote multi-state expansion strategy memos for a relational organizing program, with priority state analysis, a ballot initiative landscape, phased roadmaps, partner mapping, and messaging frameworks.
the executive brief, scaled up ★
Organize Tennessee
Project Manager · Democracy Summit
Managed the Democracy Summit from planning through delivery, keeping timelines, partners, vendors, and logistics moving in one direction.
run of show, start to finish ★
This is what the six-figure EA path looks like in practice: the skills you already have, priced and positioned for bigger rooms. I teach it here.
My toolkit, now yours.
The templates, checklists, and systems I’ve refined over 15 years — plus classes for administrative professionals and executive assistants who want to level up. All of it lives on my Gumroad, ready for instant download.
Let’s find 20 minutes.
Whichever function you need — executive support or logistics — it starts with a short call. Tell me what’s on fire; I’ll tell you how I’d put it out.